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Hudson Site Lists Bonk, Bomberman and Rooms Remakes

Hudson is host to the latest game leak today as a poster on the NeoGAF forums, VideoMan, has discovered several web addresses that point to unannounced Hudson titles (via Joystiq). Most of the pages were taken down, but one, Bonk: Brink of Extinction for WiiWare, PSN and XBLA, remains. The other titles include a Bomberman Live sequel and Rooms: The Main Building for Wii and DS.

New features outlined in the post for Bonk: Brink of Extinction include a 2.5D art style, cooperative play, eight transformations for Bonk and, a first for the series, online play. According to the website, Bonk: Brink of Extinction will ship in spring 2010.

Details on the Bomberman update (also for WiiWare, PSN and XBLA) include new game modes, team play and new maps, while Rooms: The Main Building looks to be a port of the PC "slide-puzzle" game.

The PC version of Rooms: The Main Building.

Tyler says: Whew, it's an all-downloadable game news day! As far as Bonk goes, we've seen a few remakes over the years, but none have really done anything new and exciting with the formula. Judging by the early info on the game, though, I wonder if co-op play will be the element that makes Bonk relevant again. As for the other two titles, Bomberman (with the exception of the first XBLA title) is always fun, but I wonder how the Wii and DS audience will take to Rooms: The Main Building? Could the slide-puzzle design be an untapped winning formula for the casual market?